Margaret Hart

Collages and CRISPR

Collage from Margaret Hart’s now show, Sept. 30-Nov. 1, at Kingston Gallery, Boston. The gallery says:“Margaret Hart created these new collages while sheltering in place for many months due to Covid-19. Evolving from her previous solo show ‘Situated…

Collage from Margaret Hart’s now show, Sept. 30-Nov. 1, at Kingston Gallery, Boston. The gallery says:

“Margaret Hart created these new collages while sheltering in place for many months due to Covid-19. Evolving from her previous solo show ‘Situated Becomings’ Hart continues to explore gender through the lens of posthumanism, technology and nature. Drawing inspiration from CRISPR technology and the agency of all non-human beings, the collages physically merge these ideas together to question what is reality and what could be possible.’’

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Entering the 'posthuman era'?

“Untitled #1 ‘ (mixed media collage), by Margaret Hart, in her show “Situated Becomings,’’ at Kingston Gallery, Boston, through October.She explains: “Imagine a cyborg collage: a becoming of gender possibilities, an image depicting fragments of tech…

“Untitled #1 ‘ (mixed media collage), by Margaret Hart, in her show “Situated Becomings,’’ at Kingston Gallery, Boston, through October.

She explains: “Imagine a cyborg collage: a becoming of gender possibilities, an image depicting fragments of technology, organic parts and hints of human gender forms through the spaces imaged or the objects included. What is collage and what could it be, beyond a simple form of cut-and-paste image making, when focused on the issue of gender in this posthuman era?’’

“These works began from asking myself a question: How can collage, intersecting with fiction and feminism, contribute to a posthuman understanding of gender?’’

Collage as constant change

Work by Margaret Hart, in her show “Situated Becomings,’’ at Kingston Gallery, Boston, through October.The gallery says: “Hart’s work explores the political nature of collage, embedded in its earliest iterations within the Western art historical can…

Work by Margaret Hart, in her show “Situated Becomings,’’ at Kingston Gallery, Boston, through October.

The gallery says: “Hart’s work explores the political nature of collage, embedded in its earliest iterations within the Western art historical canon. Using imagery from science and popular culture, Hart harnesses this inherent nature to deepen contemporary discussions of gender and technology, leading to a creative practice of collage as ‘becoming,’ understood most simply as a constant state of change.’’



Hart’s work explores the political nature of collage, embedded in its earliest iterations within the Western art historical canon. Using imagery from science and popular culture, Hart harnesses this inherent nature to deepen contemporary discussions of gender and technology, leading to a creative practice of collage as “becoming,” understood most simply as a constant state of change.